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Summer time is the hot session of nature and in this season our health system literally plea for cool diet. Following are few tips about summer food:
- A cool diet is recommended during summer.
- Take in a lot of fluids in the form of juices.
- The food you eat in summer should be light and easily digestible.
- Avoid spicy, oily dishes and fried foods.
- Your diet should include plenty of fresh juicy seasonal fruits such as oranges, sweet limes, strawberries, grapes, guavas, watermelons, jamuns, banana, papaya etc.
- Mangoes and jack fruit, available in plenty during the summer, are rich sources of b-carotene.
- However they are heat-inducing and high in calories, so they should be eaten in moderation.
- Curd is a great summer food as it is cooling.
- During summer, avoid porridge of ragi as it increases the body's heat level.
- Vitamin C and the B-complex vitamins that help build resistance against the colds and fever that are very common during this season.